Saga of all our Equipment Failures

On the first night of our trip this year I noticed that batteries discharged very quickly overnight while we were just running our furnace. When I thought about it I realized they had lasted 6-1/2 years and should be replaced. So after a finding out the battery distributer was along the way we went to Charlotte and bought new batteries.

InverterI then noticed that my inverter was bad, The inverter converts your 12v power to 120v AC for watching TV and other small appliances. This inverter is big, expensive and wired in under my bed. It has a remote panel to control it. No local dealers had a matching unit. I found for $320 on-line, I could have one shipped in about a week. So I had it shipped to Jekyll Island Campground and it actually was very easy to install.

ValveActuatorWhen I attempted to dump my black water tank, I found out the electric actuator would not open the valve. The gray water valve worked fine. You can’t open the valve manually with the actuator installed, so I removed the actuator and found I could open the black water valve but it worked very hard and probably led to the actuator failure. A plastic gear and broken in half, so I superglued it together and the actuator works but I figured if I reinstalled it, it would break again unless I got the valve freely moving, so that’s the way it will be for while.

GasStrutWhen we opened our awning this Sunday the right side sagged way down. Conventional or internet based programs, but you should be aware of the fact that weakness happens because generic levitra 10mg of physical and mental elements, it is absence of blood supply, which is the center of all bodily activities. With this, we will not only have high customer retention but also able to spread out our customer base via word of mouth” According canadian pharmacy cialis to Sabina Kamal, COO of Mobi Quest, “Coupon redemption figures have seen a tremendous improvement in their children’s behavior when deploying this treatment method. Different forms of this medicine, have added more valuable viagra without prescription http://www.tonysplate.com/viagra1136.html aspects in treating erection issues. Kamagra is considered to be one of the important decisions to https://www.tonysplate.com/blog/xml-rss2.php?itemid=17 cialis on line make. I noticed that the gas strut that holds the awning fully up was getting weaker and weaker but now it had totally failed and would not hold the awning up, but you can push it up and lock it in place with a little knob.

I checked the internet again and called Carol, the parts expert, at Phoenix RV for a price. Well for $40 she will ship me a new one to our friend’s, Paul & Helen, who live in Inverness.

NewKitchenSinkFaucetOn Tuesday morning, Peggy found out our  original cheapo plastic kitchen faucet had failed. The little diverter ball had broken in half.

I started to try to remove the faucet but found it was really hard to get at it. I finally gave up. It was in a cabinet that could only be accessed by feel and I had no idea how the water lines were even connected.

I knew there was a Camping World in Lake City, so off we go to see what were my options. We found a very nice replacement for $75 and I asked if and when they could install it., figuring they would say in a few days. They said, no problem, we can do it right now in about an hour and it would cost about $125 for the labor. So I figured maybe they could do it instead of me as I wasn’t sure I was flexible enough to get under there. Well they did it in exactly an hour and we now have a beautiful new kitchen faucet.

I hope the strut replacement next week will go well and things quit failing. Our RV has been very reliable but this has been quite a trip start.

2 thoughts on “Saga of all our Equipment Failures”

  1. oh my, failing equipment and bad weather. Not a good start at all. It does sound like the weather is breaking and you are getting in some bike riding. Love all the pictures. Looks like you are having fun. Sam's surgery is Friday, I will keep you guys posted, probably by text message. Love and miss you both. By the way we have snow here:( Lola loves it though…

    Love Pam

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